Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-17
q Ansmnus Of AussraIia.

Va tWQ VI eatN' wy ~~tN -
nes Of some large prediluvial ami
be- teeth especially being In an ex-
state OF preservation. They
lie the remains OF no living crea.
! present roaming over the scrub
fern clad mountains in the great
continent. Local sAvants incline
lrd them e. indicative of one Of
're csrnivora, and the best and
8 opinions did not fear to proclaim
lsss jswbenes resembled the dem
tenn and general outlines Of those
ion.
largest beast Of prey at present
~ over the pastures and thiekets
country is the dingo, or native
N animal rs handsome rs he is
|ory and Unsuitable, which kills the
81 sheep by hundreds, and is slain,
Urn, wherever encountered. The
the existing fauna of Australia
ter well to be Is grotesque as
any. Australia, 10 fact, has al
been looked upon by naturalists, as
of out house Of nature, where, ut.
kndisturbed and unapproached by
|Retation and animal life of other
6--except, perhaps, to the north
md across the Arafura sea-she
amused the prodigious leisure of
leistocene ages in wild expert
Beside the dingo, already men
which is something between a
d . yellow wolf, she has there
ed and constructed the remark
Arieties Of kangaroos and walla-
Aich bear scarcely any resemb-
the rest Of her animal world.
forks Of her gigantic gum.trees
hidden the opossum, and in the
the gold-bearing rocks the com
puRnacious wombat. On her
creeks in Australasia, still in
i irony and extravagance, she
klack swans swimming tens OF
b Of years before the Latin poet
sn Of snch beings as an utter
feus impossibility. Over the
downs of that vast land,
plains covered with flowing
turned her emus loose, clad,
per bird, in bristles instead OF
nd sitting on stony nests full
ZEN eggs. In the parrots, the
the small BIRDS, snakes, in
bic her antipodean retreat,
had the air of keeping the
~ an atelier for all sorts o.
Eperiments, some of which
{ well, and were sue
transplanted like the
to distant continents
some she hersel
positively ashamed, repro
never again. Nowhere else
red us to discover q con
odd invention, the ornith-
typus, which has the beal
s body Of an otter, the tai
the spurs of a cock, which
6ski, burrows like O water
leet like q waterfowl, ant
. turtle.
perpetrated all these amaz
titles in her Australasiar
he has, beside, contrivet
vpes there in reptiles, bird,
Nobody, however, woult
that anything in the shap,
Damed the scrub, which |
ago was traversed only By
boriginal black man. Th,
he Wellington Cavern
to England to be sub
authoritative opinion t,
rem, and he at once de
pe indeed fragments of {
, large as any at pres
hose midnight roar to-
rously in the jungles o
psiders; however. tha
|st was specialized il
Iessing the marsupium
iis the distinctive mark
ls there.
igent naturalist will be
the female kangaroo
Jung in an unfinished
tantly transfers them,
ID, to sort of apron
Years upon her stom-
little creatures nestle
pg their mouths upon
ats, help themselves
ustenance whenever,
~ feel $50 dispoged.
sttiest sights Of the
to see these little
in the pouch when
Fnly disturbed, and
;hetic to watch her,
moment OF depart
'ully remove her off.
'ce Of refuge, while
ith her eyes turned
u dogs.
gigantic moa wan
of New Zealand
vely recent date.
Png the Maoris that
Atched with which
flair, has been de-
two ago. stalking
be of the Middle
nendous sensation
men to come upon
us experiments of
vast untrodden
but especially in
conceivably con
hiding secrets of
pndon Telegraph.